Fountain-brush.



A. A. LONG. FOUNTAIN BRUSH. APYLIOATION FILED JUNE 1a, 1908.

, Patented Sept. 7, 1909.

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ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, AQCQBIDtK-ATION NEW' YORK.

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Specification er Letters res ue Application filed June 1h, 19%. Serial lfi'o. 135,273.

I To-aZZ whom it may concern:

"Be it known that I, ADAM A. Rochester, inthe' county of Monroe and State of Ne\v York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fountain- Brushes; and I do hereby declarethe fol lowing to he a fulL-clear, and enactdescrip v I tion of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of; 'th-isspecification; and to the reference-nu? m'erals'marked thereon. i ,l The present invention relates to fountain) brushes of the type in which the brush ma "terial is mounted about a hollow perforated headin order that the cleaning fiuid may be constantly {conducted to the object to be cleaned; and it has for an object to provide means -tor securing the brush material to'the head in such a manner that the cleaning fluid will not issue from the head with great rorce at any one lace but will be equally distributed from a1 portions.

Another object is to construct thebrush so that the head will be entirely covered in order to prevent scratching or otherwise marring the object cleaned.

Still another object is to divide the stream or fluid into such small particles that the ressure will be equal in all portions of the head.-

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and com hinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features bemg pointed out'in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings: Figure l is a side view of a cleaning device constructed in accord EDCB'WllZh this invention, the brush material.

being removed on one side to showthe man- -n'er;ot wrappin it about the head; Fig. 2 is'a side view or the head; Fig. 8 is a longitudinal section; and Fig. i is a transverse section on line 'a-a Fi 3.

In the embodiment ot the invention herein shown, thereis employed a tubular handle 1 which at one end 2 may be enlarged and adapted to be attached to the usual hose in any known manner, its other end, if desired, being reduced at 3 and externally threaded to receive the internally threaded end of a hollow brush head. n

The brush headin the present'instance tapers toward its outer end which is closed i Lone oli memes Sept. 7, recs.

enlargement, while its opposite end is provided with a surroundingshoulder 5 preferably spirally formed for a purpose ,to be hereinaiter mcntione l. Between the two shoulders the head is smooth and is perforated'as by slots 6 arrangcdin two series, the members of which occur alternately about the head.

'Thebrush material is in this instance in. the form of cordage 7 secured in loops about 3 a pliable piece of wire 7" or other similar materialize form a strip. The strip is secured near the outer end of the head .below' the shoulder 4 as by being passed through a perforation 8. It is then Wrapped spirally about the head which being smooth permits each Wrapping to be forced into close contact with the one next above it so that practicully no pronounced o ening may beformed through which the uidmay flow. with greater force. The other end of the strip 1S then secured preferably in a 'no tch 9 formed between the two ends of thespiral shoulder 5, the walls'ot the notoh'being forced over the end of the "wire 7 to clamp prevent the escape of fluid at the two-ends of the head as the strip snugly hugs the shoulder 4 because of the tapering end of the head and the shoulder 5 permits a close fitting. of the brush mater al becausefoi its spiral formation.

' The outer end of the head carries a yield of a cap having a contracted mouth so that it will fit over and be held in the enlarged scratching 0 an object cleaned with this device.

In order to prevent an extreme pressure in the head I mount therein a reticulated drum 11 which may be closed at its outer end 12 to provide a stop for the fluid under pressure endmay be carried by the tubular hand piece 1 so. as to be removable with the latter for cleaning. lhis head serves as a through the hand piece and thus causes the pressure to be substantially equal in all parts of the hollow head so that there will be no tendenc vfor the fluid to pass from any one point 0 the head more than another.

In use, the hand piece 1 is attached to a hose or any other fluid supply and the brush head is carried over the o ect to be cleaned.

it in the notch. The shoulders dand 5 ing buffer 10 which preferably is in the form end. This buffer prevents the marring or means for breaking upthe stream passing Thev compact arrangement of the brush material (prevents injury to thef object to be cleane and at the same time insures a steady well distributed supply of the cleaning fluid.

The device is inexpensive to manufacture and simple to operate, and its parts areso constructed that they are not liable to get out of order. It may be employed for cleaning vehicles, windows and other objects where a constant flow of water is desirable.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with a perforated hollow brush hea-d having a smooth exterior surface, of a strip of highly absorbent brush material wrapped spirally about the head on the smooth exterior surface, the coils of the brush material lying in contact at their bases, side by side so as not to overlap.

2. The combination with a perforated head having'a smooth exterior surface and at its outer end tapered and provided with a surrounding shoulder, of a strip of highly i the head-between t at its twoendsonly.

absorbent brush material wrapped spirally about the head on the smooth exterior surface withthe coils'lying in contact at their bases, side by side so as not to overlap.

3. The combination of a perforated hollow brush head closed atits' outer end, having surrounding shoulders at its opposite ends and being smooth between the shoulde'rs with highly absorbent brush material in a continuous strip wrapped spirally about e. shoulders and secured 4. The combination .of a perforated hollow brush tapered toward one end, having shoulders at opposite ends, and being smooth between theshonlders, with highly absorbent brush. material in a continuous strip wrapped spirally about the head between the shoulders and having its coils lying in contact at their bases and side by side from one shoulder to the other.

5. The combination of a perforated hollow head having surrounding shoulders at its opposite ends, one of said shoulders being spirahwith a continuous strip of brush ma-.

terial wrapped spirally about the head between the shoulders.

6. The combination of a perforated hollow head having its outer end closed and tapered having surrounding shoulders at its opposite ends and being smooth between the shoulders, the shoulder at the inner end being spiral, with a continuous strip of brush material wrapped spirally about the head between the shoulders.

7. The combination of a perforated hollow head having its outer end closed and tapered, having surrounding shoulders at its opposite ends, and being smooth between the shoulders, the shoulder at the inner end be- 9. The combination of a hollow head having two surrounding series of longitudinally extending slots, the members of which occur alternately about the head, and are arranged in diiier'ent planes on the circumference of the body with brush material surrounding the head.

10. The combination with a perforated hollow head, of brush material on the head,

and a reticulated drum arranged within theperforated portion of the head in spaced relation to the inner walls thereof to divide the stream of cleaning fluid.

11. The combination with a perforated hollow head, of brush material on the head,

a tubular hand piece detachably secured to.

the inner end of the head, and a reticulated drum carried by the hand piece and projecting into the perforated portion of the head in spaced relation'to the inner walls thereof to divide the stream of cleaning fluid.

12. The combination with a? perforated hollow head, having its outer end closed, of brush material on the head, and a reticulated drum arranged in the perforated ortion of the head to divide the stream of c caning fluid and having its outer end closed.

' 13. The combination with a perforated hollow head, of brush material surrounding the head, and a fluid stop arranged within the perforated portion of the head in the path of the fluid entering the same and in spaced relation to the inner walls of said head.

14-. The combination with a perforated head having a smooth exterior surface, of

brush material wrapped spirally about the head and embodying a binding wire with cordage secured thereto, the bases of the coils of the brush material lying in contact and side by side.

' ADAM A. LONG. Vitnesses Rnssnnn B. Gmrrrrn, HAnoLn H. SiMMs. 

